"The fact that Heller and McDonald appear to have made no difference in at least four circuits is a powerful argument for this Court’s review."
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"But holding that a constitutional right exists while then going on to eviscerate that right is indefensible, and being willing to assume that a constitutional right exists because that assumption makes no difference is arguably worse."
"But if New York has gotten away with suppressing constitutional rights because it has obscured the suppression with discretionary standards, rather than forthright rules, that too is a reason to grant review." 
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"The simple reality is that petitioners could carry handguns if they lived in D.C. or Illinois or any of the countless jurisdictions that do not reduce carry rights to the eye of a needle. Petitioners are denied that basic right because they live within the confines of [CA2]."
"In the context of any other constitutional right, the notion that 'numerous' individuals who sought to exercise their constitutional rights were granted the privilege of doing so by local officials would be a sure sign of unconstitutionality."
"Thus, the nation is split, with the Second Amendment alive and well in the vast middle of the nation, and those same rights disregarded near the coasts."
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